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Lt. Duchesnay, Secretary of the Indian Department at Quebec to Lt. Colonel Couper, Military Secretary

item9 Apr 1830F2165-f24-167

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Dates
9 Apr 1830 (indexed as 1830)
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Extent
1 item of textual record
Scope & content
Report on Indian Affairs: advising that the best way to get the various tribes to become civilized is to have them live close to each other; advises there is no difficulty in discontinuing presents to Indians after they have settled on the land for five years and gives recommendation for distribution over the years; recommends that Chiefs should be given a lot and a half; recommends that title not be given to Indians until after being given three years to fulfill requirements of clearing and settling the land. Recommends a proclamation be made to advise the Indians that His Majesty is pleased to assist for five years, those of them that will settle on land.
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English
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